Improved sofa-bedstead



'aient @Milita- Letters Patent No. 98,858, dated January 18, 1870.

IMPROVE!) 4SOIA-IBEDSTIESAIID.

The :Schedule referred to ln these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, WILLIAM FARsoN, of the city of Philadelphia, and Statepi Yennsylvania, have invented certain Im provements in Sofa-Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

Tile llature ot' my invention mainly consists of a combination of catch-levers with a hinged bar, to which supplemental feet are attached, for the support of the back of the sofa, wllen lowered, to receive the bedding, in such a mannerrtllat wllen the back is raised and bl'ougllt against the vertical back edges of the arms of the sofa, and the bar is turned against'the back ot the same, the said lever-catches are brollgllt into connection with stops in the back vertical edges of the arms, so as to llold the hack securely in placc;. and when 'the back has to be lowered into a horizontal position, for the reception of the bed, by turning the bar so as to bring thc said supplemental feet at right angles to the back, for the support ot' the saule, the catches .are disengaged.

.It further consists ,in a hinged part of each end of the sofa, at the inside of the same, in such a manner, that when the back is lowered to its horizontal position, said parts may be swung around in staight lines with the standing parts, te complete the head and foot-boards, the inside and outside of the ends of the sofa, andthe swinging parts being made alike, so as to correspond.

-The improvement also consists ill sucll'a'construc tion of the hinged catches, that they sllall be made to lock the hinged portion ofthe arms ill` tlleir backward position. I

To enable others skilled in the art to wnicll my improvement appertains, to make and use my invention,

I will now give a detailed description thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, wllicllnlake a part of this specification- Figure 1 is an isometrical view of the improved` soa-hedstead. v

Figure 2 is a cross-section at the middle of the same. Figure 3 is a cross-section, between the standing arm G and the swinging part G', at tbc near end of the sofa.

Like letters, in all the figures, indicate the same parts.

A. is' the lower portion of the sofa, which has a space, a, for ,the reception of the bed-clothes, the cushioned bottom 'O being conllected by means of the hinges 11, to the longitudinal strip D, so as to admit ot' its being thrown upward, and held by means of springs, or in any other convenient lnanner, when the clothes are to be` removed or replaced.

llle back E is connected, at its lower edge, to said strip, by hinges c, so as to admit of being brought into a horizontal position, as represented in iig. 2, to form the back portion of the bed-bottom, the bar F turning on its hinges d d. When said bar is turned onefourth round, to bring the supplemental feet e e ill connection therewith, at right angles to the back, for the support ofthe same, the arms ot' the sofa hav-e a 'vertical division.

' At each end there is a standing part, G, to which is hinged a swinging part, G', thehiuges ff' connecting the verticale'dges g' together, as seen in figs. l, 2,.:lnd 3, so that when the inner parts G' Gare swung backward, as represented in iig. 2, over the back E, they form head and ibot-boards to the same.Y

The said parts G G' are made to constitute inner portionsoi' the ends ot" the sofa, so as not to require additional space for swinging them backward and for# ward, for the purpose ot' acconlmbdatingtlle sofa to any recess it can be set in. The' back E, when in its upward position, has an outward inclination given to it, by means of the an-V` gie-pieces h Il, fast tothe same, which tit against the back edges of the ends G G of the sofa, and swinging parts G G. It is held securely ill said position by' means of the lever-catches H H, which have a joint connection, by means ot' the slotted straps I I and pills i i, the fulcruln-pins j of the levers passing through the cheeks 7c oi' said angle-pieces, between wllicll the levers play, the operation cfs-aid levercatches being as follows:

Vhen the vback is tnrlled up into the position it assumes in tigs. 1 and 3, the bar F still remains at right allgles to the same, as represented by dotted lines, and the catches l ofthe level', being thrown outward, tlley pass over the4 upper ellds of the knuckles ot' the hinges, and by turning tlle'bar, so as to bring it and the i'eet e e into a vertical position, and against the back E,`

the catchesl are brought illto connection with the knuckles ot' the' hinges, as represented in full lines, so as to lock the back ill place.

lVllen t-lle back has to be turned, to bring it into the position represented in tig. 2, the bar F is again' turned at rigllt angles with the same, and intothe former position, represented by dotted lines, and the catches are disconnected, to admit ot the change.

llle swinging parts G G of the ends of the sofa are then turned illto the position they assume in tig. 2, and back of the catch-ends of the levers H H, so as tobe held securely in their outward position, their .vertical back edgesbeing tllus brought against the edges of the standing part G G, and thus kept from going outward. Spring-catches, beneath the edges of the parts G nl', lmay be used to hold them back.

It the joints of the swinging arms G G sllould, by being strained or worn, prevent thevperfect closing of the latter against the standing parts G G, I design placing ot' India rubber, in suitable holes in the backE by the changes in the position of the said bar, snbstantinllyin the manner hereinbefore described.

In testimony that the above: is my inventiomI have hereunto set my hand, and aixed my seal, this 2d day of December, 1869.

f V WILLIAM FARSON. [L. s.]

` Witnesses:

.STEPHEN UsTIoK, THOMAS J. BEWLEY. 

